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TDB officials said there would be no spot bookings for pilgrims from January 10, and the virtual queue bookings are limited to 40,000 on January 15, the day of the Makaravilakku.
The Makaravilaku Festival will be celebrated on January 15.
There was an increase of Rs 18.72 crore in the total revenue this year compared to the Rs 222.98 crore last year during the same period.
The shrine will remain closed for three days and reopen on December 30 for Makaravilakku, which will be held on January 15.
As said by the Devaswom Board, the temple has received Rs 204.30 crore as revenue in the last 39 days till December 25.
According to official figures, the number of pilgrims who arrived at the temple from the start of the ongoing Mandalakalam-Makaravilakku season to Friday was 17.56 lakhs, which is 1.50 lakhs lesser than last year.
Devaswom Minister K Radhakrishnan has laid the onus of preventing a stampede at the famed Ayyappa Temple at Sabarimala on the pilgrims.
The ticket rate for Pamba-Palani (Super-Fast) is Rs 408 per person, while that for Coimbatore (FP) is Rs 535 and Tenkasi Rs 303.
The prohibition would not apply to Sabarimala pilgrims or travel related to the pilgrimage or disaster relief.
A dynamic queue control system has been introduced this season to manage crowding at Sannidhanam.